Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Canada Day, Fireworks,

I wish all my Canadian friends a Happy Canada Day. Luckily our bowling alley is open and the majority vote of the league was to bowl today. Of course the holiday means we will get fireworks outside our windows for at least 3 days and probably more as they will run into the weekend. Actually on Monday afternoon there was a noise which sounded like a gunshot right outside our windows. (We are on the 5th floor) I am guessing it was actually a firework. As usual fireworks have been on sale for a couple of days or more.

Well, I guess we qualify for a pair of dummies. Matt always goes shopping on Wednesday mornings around 7 a.m. It wasn't til late on Tuesday afternoon that I remembered the store would be closed. We will have to wait til Thursday as Matt refuses to shop in the afternoon. As it is, we were a tad short of bread and he popped down there to get some and said the store was like a zoo. Luckily, apart from the bread, we have plenty of everything else in the house. I can't believe neither of us thought of it before.

This recipe has been posted before, but as I have just made it for Matt and I it occurred to me that you might like to see it again. It is really delicious and quinoa is reputedly very good for you. I've just noticed the author notes call this a winter salad. I assure you it's fine at this time of year too.

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That salad looks good; going to try it soon. Happy Canada Day! The few days of fireworks would have done our dog in, didn't like the noise, we got to staying home on July 4th instead of seeing fireworks to help him feel safe and of course though we lived where fireworks were illegal other than public displays put on by cities, etc., people still managed the illegal ones and you never knew when those were going to go off.

I hope you will enjoy it as we do Betty. Most dogs don't like noise although I had one who didn't mind gunshots but cowered during storms. I just learned that fireworks are illegal in Australia. Pity they aren't here.

I used to love fireworks till I got dogs. Now I spend all summer trying to calm them down. Add the summer thunderstorms to the mix and it's horrible. But I'm with Matt....I don't shop in the afternoon either. About the latest I'll go is 10 or 11.

It is good Susan. For some reason this time it worked out to 3 servings so having something else tonight and then finishing the salad tomorrow. We can see a lot of fireworks from our balcony but don't go anywhere to see them.

Fireworks are illegal over here unless you have a permit. They weren't when I was a kid though and I loved Guy Fawkes night when Dad would set them all off. Every time there's a celebration including fireworks the dogs go crazy and run away. Happy Canada Day :) It's very close to Independence Day in the U.S.

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Happily married for 45 years, originally from the UK, living in Canada now. Interested in cooking, reading and wildlife conservation. Read more at http://satimaflavell.blogspot.ca/2009/02/fresh-fields-reading-and-recipes.html